Sundar Pichai’s bet on full-stack AI – chips, models, cloud – is starting to deliver real commercial returns.
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An 18-person Cape Town shop has helped engineer the largest crowdfunded gaming campaign in Kickstarter history.
Home affairs has suspended two senior officials after AI ‘hallucinations’ were found in its new immigration white paper.
South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on 4 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X.
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Lytania Johnson has been named FNB CEO after Harry Kellan stepped down after just two years in the role.
A new DBSA study says South Africa needs huge investment in infrastructure to achieve universal broadband by 2035.
Starlink has called Namibia’s rejection “misleading” and urged citizens to appeal, claiming 98.6% public support for its bid.
Standard Bank’s R164-trillion in annual payment flows dwarfs the entire global mobile money ecosystem fourfold.
Four competing proposals are on the table, with developing nations and rich economies clash over the outcome.
Absa CTIO Johnson Idesoh says the speed at which software is changing influenced its recent R2.4-billion write-down.
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Mastercard is in talks to acquire crypto start-up Zerohash for between $1.5-billion and $2-billion, Fortune reported.
Beijing has long been irked by Washington’s export controls that ban Nvidia from selling its most advanced AI chips to China.
Nvidia has agreed to pay $1-billion for a stake of 2.9% in Nokia as part of a deal focused on AI and data centres.
Apple topped $4-trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, the third Big Tech company to hit the milestone.
